FraudTalk is a blog focused on the review and discussion of recent significant cases of fraud, corruption and employee misconduct - particularly major embezzlement cases in the US. Fraud Talk is published by Chris Marquet, Chairman & CEO of Marquet International Ltd., an international investigations, litigation support and due diligence firm.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Georgia Man Sentenced For Embezzling $1 Million From Local Paint Company

DeMarco Doxie was sentenced to four years and five months in prison for stealing more than $1 million from former employer Ennis Paint at its Atlanta plant.

Doxie, 44, of South Bend, Ind., also must pay $1,008,417 in restitution to Ennis Paint and $299,750 in restitution to the IRS.

According to Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn, the charges and other information presented in court: Doxie was the former corporate environmental health and safety manager for Ennis Paint, which makes and sells a variety of road marking and pavement surface treatments. The company, currently known as Ennis-Flint, maintains a facility in Atlanta, where Doxie worked.

From June 2007 through August 2011, Doxie used a sham business that he created and owned – Outlook Environmental & Safety Solutions LLC – as his main vehicle to systematically embezzle large sums of money from Ennis.

Beginning in June 2007, Doxie began creating fictitious invoices for environmental work that Outlook had supposedly performed for Ennis Paint, when Doxie was well aware Outlook had not performed any such work and had no employees. Ennis Paint was never informed by Doxie that he was the actual owner of Outlook.

Doxie also defrauded Ennis by using an American Express corporate card issued by Ennis Paint that was supposed to be used for Ennis expenses. Doxie used the American Express company credit card to make payments to Outlook even though Outlook had not performed any work for Ennis. Ennis Paint paid the monthly bill on Doxie's American Express card.

Doxie also paid for some of his personal expenses using his Ennis-issued credit cards in 2011.

About the Author - Chris Marquet

Chris Marquet is President, Investigative Services with SunBlock Systems, an investigations, litigation support, computer forensics & cyber security firm. Chris has over 34 years of professional experience in industry with Marquet International and prior stints with Kroll Associates, Citigate Global Intelligence and Decision Strategies/Vance International.
Chris is the author of many articles and white papers, including the annual Marquet Report on Embezzlement as well as the Marquet Report on Ponzi Schemes. He has lectured extensively on subjects relating to employee misconduct; due diligence; business intelligence, internal investigations, fraud, employee integrity, workplace violence, kidnapping, terrorism, crisis management and travel security.
Chris is a Certified Board Advisor and Board Member for the Center for Strategic Business Integrity. He received an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1983, with a triple major in Physics, Economics, and Philosophy.
He can be reached at cmarquet@sunblocksystems.com